Особенности учебного процесса в разных странах, Академическая мобильность, страница 7

Besides full-time education there are evening and correspondence higher educational establishments which train specialists in most fields. The curricular of correspondence and evening higher schools do not differ essentially in the subjects taught, but they differ in the system in which studies are organized. The basic form of study has tendered to give a high priority to independent work and self-study at home. The majority of evening and correspondence students study professions they are engaged in. It is for the same reason that the correspondence and evening higher institutions train highly qualified specialists.                                             

5. Post-graduate education. Those who have a gift for research work may take advanced exams in philosophy, foreign language and a certain field of knowledge to enter the post graduate course. A postgraduate carries out his research and work at the doctoral thesis under the guidance and supervision of the experienced professors and academics. They should be very diligent and work hard to get the highest academic qualification which usually carries the title PhD (=Doctor of Philosophy). The time taken to complete a postgraduate degree varies, but it is generally expected to involve three years of more-or-less full-time study.

QUESTIONS

1.  Is general secondary education compulsory in Russia?

2.  What age do children start school at in Russia?

3.  What do we call the primary school?

4.  What kind of school is a national school?

5.  What’s the school-leaving age in Russia?

6.  Where may pupils, who leave school, continue their education?

7.  Are there evening classes for adults in Russia?

8.  When do applicants take examinations?

9.  What subjects did you take examinations in?

10.  Do students have to pay for their education?

11.  Do students get grants for further education?

12.  How long does the course of studies at the university usually last?

13.  How many terms are there in the academic year?

14.  Where do students take textbooks? Do they usually buy them?

15.  From your reading of this text, what can you say about the trends in Russian educational system? Is it moving towards greater or lesser uniformity? Is it concentrating more on purely academic subjects or on more practical ones?*

16.  Would you say that people in Russia are more or less enthusiastic about university education than they are in Britain?*

17.  What would you say are the successes and failures of Russian educational systems? Compare the British and Russian educational systems. How do British schools and universities differ from schools and universities in Russia? *

ORAL DRILLS

(1) On the vocabulary